God's Will Happens
“Therefore, in the present case I advise you: Leave these men alone! Let them go! For if their purpose or activity is of human origin, it will fail. But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.” Acts 5:38-39 I just came upon this passage. I have been praying for the Lord to reveal a few things to me, specific things pertaining to how His will gets carried out and how humanity plays a role. I believe He has showed me a little bit. In this story, the apostles are being persecuted for following a command of the Lord that had given to them by angels. While the apostles stood before the Sanhedrin, Peter said, “We must obey God rather than men!” (Acts 5:29) The apostles are explaining that they have to do what the Lord commanded them over all the advice, the statutes, and the desires of any man, including themselves. In this situation, that meant putting themselves at risk for persecution. But they followed God anyway. Aft